Board Director Certificate

• Excellent Delegate Comments on The Board Director Certificate Course Modules

  ‘Excellent and Comprehensive Course. I have learnt a lot.’
  Conor Wilcock – Sales Director, B2B International Limited

  ‘A very informative two day course on all matters finance. Provided a good knowledge of Finance.’ Steven Knowles – Regional Director, Harworth Estates Limitedd

  ‘Very engaging. Knowledge and experience of Philip very good.’ Ashleigh Dinsmore – Sales Director, Aptar UK Limited

  ‘Excellent content. Logical method of instruction. Both relevant and interesting.’
  James Ormrod – Chief Legal Officer, International Personal Finance Plc

  ‘An Excellent introductory finance.’ Daniel Allen-Baines – Offshore Operations and Performance Manager, E.ON Climate

  ‘Excellent delivery and pace of content.’Leon Elston – Managing Director, Coppice Alupack

  ‘Excellent two days with fantastic depth of information. The information was interesting and relevant.’Geordie Willis – Creative Director, Berry Bros & Rudd Plc

  ‘Very informative and fast paced.’ Sonya Russell – Business and Development Manager, Architectural Decorators Limited

  ‘Very well informed instructor and good material.’ Dr James Milnes – R&D Manager, Photek Limited

  ‘Good content conveyed in an engaging manner – real examples brought it to life.’ Michael Augur – Regional Director, Muse Developments Limited

  ‘Very informative and interactive course .’
  Ricky Daniels – Managing Director, Joseph Lamb

  ‘Many thanks, I have enjoyed the course and learnt a lot. The delivery has been really good. The second day has helped a lot in consolidating the concepts.’
  Carmen Colomina – Practice Director, Social Care Institute for Excellence

  ‘Excellent delivery at a great pace.’
  Maria Iredale – Executive Director, Petroleum Society of Great Britain

  ‘Philip is engaging, knowledgeable, very good at guiding the delegates and also (very importantly for this topic) encouraging.’
  William Wainman – Managing Partner, Ecoffins LLP

  ‘Very informative, thoroughly enjoyed the course and took a huge amount out of the two days – thank you.’
  Katie Bowden – Group Business Director, Global Media and Entertainment

  ‘Varied in-depth learning, which was informative as well as thought provokinge. I leave more knowledgeable’
  Paul Lane – Operations Manager, Harlands Group

  ‘I had no idea how exciting this subject could be.’
  Christopher Schmidt– Managing Director, Sakura Finetek Germany

  ‘Very informative. Style of presentation very good. Presenter very knowledgeable and helpful’
  Peter Lane – IT Operations Director, BMW UK Ltd

  ‘Excellent course. Upon completion more knowledgeable on the subject. Will recommend to colleagues’
  Paul Doyle – Operations Director, Bauer Technologies Ltd

  ‘Very interesting and useful course.’
  Andrew Naismith – Managing Director, CAE UK Plc and CAE ATS Plc

  ‘Excellent tutor who used appropriate and relevant real life examples.’
  Graham McPhail – Head of Education & Training, CITB, Construction & Industry Training Board

  ‘Very good course with a huge amount covered and great insights.’
  Adrian Thomas – Director of Broadcast Schedule Operations, Discovery Communications Ltd

  ‘Perfect way to learn about a rather difficult topic, good explanations and examples.’
  CEO, large Danish medical equipment company

  Really Great Practical Examples to bring the concepts to |life.’
  Stephen Bowler – Associate Director, BGL Group Ltd

  ‘Excellent course, very knowledgable course leader’
  Damian Kerry – Director, Sunray Engineering Limited

  ‘Phil delivered the course in a superb style: engaging and informative.’
  Steve Doyle – Director, A.D. Construction Group

  ‘An excellent course.’
  Sukhjit Gill – Managing Director, Inclusive Technology

  ‘A really helpful course for understanding Financial Statements.’
  Anne Norris – Director, Gallium Fund Solutions Ltd

  ‘Excellent course.’
  Thomas Peace – Director, Jonarve

  ‘Fantastic course’
  Fiona Simons – Director of Content Operations, Discovery Communications Ltd

  ‘Very good course and good supporting documentation’
  Alex Low – Contracts Manager, Seajacks UK Limited

  ‘Good examples (cases), which made presentation very good and easy to understand’
  Azra Loncarevic-Srmic –Director of Screening & Research, Cardiac Risk in the Young

  ‘Invaluable to any director’
  Abigail Lock – Director, Croydon Churches Housing Association

  ‘Superb knowledge and application.’
  Ben Ward – Commercial Director, Willmott Dixon Energy Services Ltd

  ‘Insightful, Useful, Relevant and Interesting – Thank you’
  Ian Mogey – Director, Chemring UK

  ‘Well delivered and the vast knowledge of Philip, combined with down to earth approach makes for easy understanding’
  Darren Payne – Director, Rhodar Limited

  ‘Very interesting – Superb overview’
  Mark Barfield – British Triathlon Federation

• Board Director Certificate Course Overview

  The Board Director Certificate Course has four component modules, which are all assessed as “Excellent” by their delegates. To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

  The component courses are recognised as separate qualifications in their own right. Upon the completion of a component course you would be issued with a professional certificate validating your CPD hours. The four component courses covered by the Board Director Certificate package are:

  • Board Director Roles and Responsibilities; Chartered Management Institute recognised.The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
  • Strategy for Board Directors; Chartered Management Institute recognised. The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
  • Leadership for Board Directors; approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management. The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
  • Finance for Non-Finance Directors; Chartered Management Institute recognised. The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning

  This Board Director Certificate Course is constantly updated to always contain the latest trends, strategic thinking, governance and legal requirements, as well as planned future changes.

  The Board Director Certificate training course places great emphasis on hands-on case studies and discussions, where Directors get the opportunity to practice their recently acquired skills and knowledge. This will reinforce the learning process and help to integrate the skills and knowledge into their standard business approach.

  To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

• Who Should Attend This Board Director Certificate Training Course

  This course is exclusively for Directors, Director Designates and Director level Senior Executives. These include Chief Executives, Chairs, Non-Executive Directors, Private Equity Investors, Bankers, Executive Directors and Director level Consultants.

  The Board Director Certificate Course is for directors committed to the highest standards of professional directorship, including Corporate Governance, Corporate Strategy, ESG and Board Level Financial Management. This course will provide a solid and complete knowledge base covering all the critical aspects of being a Board Director.

  The ESG elements of this Board Director Certificate Course deal with protecting and promoting the climate in a sustainable manner, that shows how being good for the climate can leave a positive legacy for the next generation as well as being good for the business.

  We will help you to Net Zero Carbon. We plant 100 trees per delegate day. Please click here for more details of our 100Trees Climate Carbon Dioxide Reduction Initiative

• Board Director Certificate Course Learning Objectives

  Strategy for Directors.
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  • This course will explain what good strategies look like
  • How to create and align them to the company purpose
  • It will cover the role of company purpose in strategy
  • It will explain the different types of strategies needed for companies to be successful and how to create and implement them
  • How to create effective sales and marketing strategies will be covered as part of this course
  • Directors will learn how to formulate and use strategic objectives to drive the successful implementation of strategies
  • They will identify how to ensure that the strategic thinking and decision making remain the province of the board
  • The course will identify how use the best techniques and methodologies available to create the most appropriate long term and sustainable strategies to foster success for all stakeholders

  
  
  At every stage, the directions on strategy will be supported by reference to the latest research and statistics supporting strategic thinking and its effectiveness on sustainable performance.  Research papers will only be referenced, if they have been published in at least one reputable journal.

  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  Finance for Non-Finance Directors.
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  • This course will provide directors with all the financial and analytical skills needed to fulfil their legal duties as company directors
  • and to financially steer the company towards sustainable financial success
  • It will enable directors to read, analyse and interpret any set of Financial Statements
  • including the Balance Sheet, the Profit & Loss Account and the Cash Flow statements
  • Directors will learn how to identify the impact of the Fundamental Accounting Concepts and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, GAAP
  • They will become familiar with NPV, DCF, Net Asset Value, P/E Ratios, ROCE, ROI, Gearing, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Stock Days, Debtor Days and Creditor Days Enterprise Value and EBITDA
  • They will learn to identify and explain the principles of costing, break even analysis, contribution analysis, marginal costing and overhead cost allocation
  • They will gain a good understanding of standard budgeting, zero based budgeting, cash management and cash forecasting

  
  
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  Director Roles and Responsibilities. 
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  • This course will clearly explain the legal requirements of the Companies Act 2006
  • Directors will understand the seven statutory duties of directors under the Companies Act 2006
  • The latest version of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors and other specific laws applicable to company boards will be clearly explined
  • It will enable you to define, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario
  • This course will teach Directors their collective board responsibilities, as well as their individual responsibilities under UK laws and regulations
  • It will enable Directors to identify, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario
  • It will discuss Board Committees, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, Insolvency and Liquidations
  • It will define the responsibilities and duties of Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs and iNEDs
  • Director Statutory Duties will be explained and learnt through case studies and discussions
  • Strategic Financial Management, Risk Management, Dividends, Resolutions, Meetings, Voting requirements and much more will become very familiar to the director delegates
  • Directors will have demonstrated and explained to them and be able to identify the latest thinking on ESG and its commercial application to financial sustainability and corporate governance

  
  
  The Director Roles and Responsibilities course also covers: Effective and Efficient Boards, Risk Management, EU Corporate Governance, International Board Structures, Wates Corporate Governance Principles, Major Corporate Governance Failures and their early warning indicators. Offence specific legislation will be covered at board level, such as the Bribery Act, the 2017 Criminal Finances Act, the Corporate Manslaughter Act, Pitfalls and Errors arising from the UK Data Protection Act & UK GDPR and the Health & Safety at Work Act.

  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  Leadership for Directors

  Outstanding leadership is critical to be able to initiate and implement successful corporate change.
  • Leaders will be provided with the necessary skills, development and knowledge to truly fulfil their full leadership potential
  • This module will explain why good leadership is one of the most important factors necessary to sustainable corporate success
  • It will explain the attributes and skills needed to be a great leader
  • It will demonstrate that the best leadership arises from personal attributes, which are skillfully applied using learned knowledge.
  • Directors will learn how to measure their personal leadership attributes and how to benchmark their current level of leadership skills
  • They will identify the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness
  • They will learn how to begin shape and develop their personal leadership characteristics as well as their leadership skills and knowledge
  • The course will demonstrate the importance of creating a safe and secure environment of trust, in which people are willing to reveal and share their weaknesses and mistakes with others.  This will allow the weaknesses and mistakes to be identified and improved.
  • The attitudes and mindsets of extraordinarily successful CEOs and Chairs will be identified and explained.
  • The Directors will learn on which areas of their businesses, these directors tend to focus their leadership skills on, in order create the most effective transformations

  
  
  Good leadership is about connecting the different functions of the business, so that their combined performance is greater than the sum of their separate parts.  It is akin to the extra value and quality that a great conductor brings to a group of individual musical virtuosos. The course will connect directors with the latest research and thinking on the areas of leadership.  Research papers will only be referenced if they have been published in a reputable journal.

  To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

• Board Director Certificate Course Leaders

  The Senior Course Leader is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, an FCA, and a Chartered Director; the Board Director qualification awarded by the Institute of Directors. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Consulting and sits on the Thames Valley Board of the Chartered Management Institute. For several years he was also the Senior Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course Leader for the Chartered Management Institute.

  He spent 11 years on the Chartered Director Committee of the Institute of Directors, which determined what UK Board Directors should know, in order to properly fulfil their role as a company director. This committee helped to shape the Institute of Directors examination syllabus in the UK. After his time on the Chartered Director Committee, he served for a year on the Accreditation and Standards Committee of the Institute of Directors.

  He has over 30 years of successful practical UK and International experience, including company acquisitions and disposals, as well as growing companies from start-up to multimillion pound businesses.  He spent 7 years as the Finance Director and then the Chief Executive of a Plc.  Prior to that he spent 14 years with KPMG Management Consulting, IBM and Arthur Andersen.

  His delivery style is dynamic, approachable and highly engaging, enabling him to deliver a workshop that you will remember. His courses are always assessed as “Excellent” by the delegates.

• Board Director Certificate Course Content

  The Complete Board Director will be able to call on skills in all four of the key competency areas.  These are well covered by the Board Director Certificate course programme, through its four component course modules, which are:

  Strategy for Directors. 
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  This course will explain what good strategies look like.  How to create and align them to the company purpose.  It will cover the role of company purpose in strategy.  It will explain the different types of strategies needed for companies to be successful ad how to create and implement them.  How to create effective sales and marketing strategies will be covered as part of this course.

  Directors will learn how to formulate and use strategic objectives to drive the successful implementation of strategies.  They will identify how to ensure that the strategic thinking and decision making remain the province of the board.

  The course will identify how use the best techniques and methodologies available to create the most appropriate long term and sustainable strategies to foster success for all stakeholders.  At every stage, the directions on strategy will be supported by reference to the latest research and statistics supporting strategic thinking and its effectiveness on sustainable performance.  Research papers will only be referenced, if they have been published in at least one reputable journal.

  The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the Chartered Management Institute logo, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.

  Finance for Non-Finance Directors.
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  This course will provide directors with all the financial and analytical skills needed to fulfil their legal duties as company directors and to financially steer the company towards sustainable financial success.  It will enable directors to read, analyse and interpret any set of Financial Statements, including the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow statements.

  Directors will identify the impact of the Fundamental Accounting Concepts and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, GAAP.  They will become familiar with NPV, DCF, Net Asset Value, P/E Ratios, ROCE, ROI, Gearing, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Stock Days, Debtor Days and Creditor Days Enterprise Value and EBITDA.

  The course will identify and explain the principles of costing, break even analysis, contribution analysis, marginal costing and overhead cost allocation.  They will gain a good understanding of standard budgeting, zero based budgeting, cash management and cash forecasting.

  The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the logo of the Chartered Management Institute, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.

  Director Roles and Responsibilities. 
  This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.

  This course will clearly explain the legal requirements of the Companies Act 2006, the seven statutory duties of directors under the Companies Act 2006, the latest version of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors and other specific laws applicable to company boards.  It will enable you to define, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario.

  This course will teach Directors their collective board responsibilities, as well as their individual responsibilities under UK laws and regulations.  It will enable Directors to identify, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario.

  Other topics covered include Board Committees, the Memorandum & Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, Insolvency and Liquidations, the Director Disqualification Act, Director Pay, Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs, iNEDs, Director Statutory Duties, Strategic Financial Management, Risk Management, Dividends, Resolutions, Meetings, Voting requirements and many more.

  The course also covers: Effective and Efficient Boards, Risk Management, EU Corporate Governance, International Board Structures, Wates Corporate Governance Principles, Major Corporate Governance Failures and their early warning indicators. Offence specific legislation will be covered at board level, such as the Bribery Act, the 2017 Criminal Finances Act, the Corporate Manslaughter Act, Pitfalls and Errors arising from the UK Data Protection Act & UK GDPR and the Health & Safety at Work Act.

  Directors will have demonstrated and explained to them and be able to identify the latest thinking on ESG and its commercial application to financial sustainability and corporate governance.

  The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the logo of the Chartered Management Institute, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.

  Leadership for Directors. 
  This course module is approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management.

  Outstanding leadership is critical to be able to initiate and implement successful corporate change.  Leaders will be provided with the necessary skills, development and knowledge to truly fulfil their full leadership potential.

  This module will explain why good leadership is one of the most important factors necessary to sustainable corporate success.  It will explain the attributes and skills needed to be a great leader.  It will demonstrate that the best leadership arises from personal attributes, which are skillfully applied using learned knowledge.

  Directors will identify how to measure their personal leadership attributes and how to benchmark their current level of leadership skills.  They will identify the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness.  They will learn how to begin shape and develop their personal leadership characteristics as well as their leadership skills and knowledge.

  Good leadership is about connecting the different functions of the business, so that their combined performance is greater than the sum of their separate parts.  It is akin to the extra value and quality that a great conductor brings to a group of individual musical virtuosos.

  The course will demonstrate the importance of creating a safe and secure environment of trust, in which people are willing to reveal and share their weaknesses and mistakes with others.  This will allow them to be identified and improved.

  The attitudes and mindsets of extraordinarily successful CEOs and Chairs will be identified and explained.  The Directors will learn on which areas of their businesses, these directors tend to focus their leadership skills on, in order create the most effective transformations.

  The course will connect directors with the latest research and thinking on the areas of leadership.  Research papers will only be referenced if they have been published in a reputable journal.

  The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the logo of the Institute of Leadership and Management, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.

  To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

• In-House Board Director Certificate Course

  The Professional Standards of the Professional Directors Association have been validated and extended to cover our in-house courses, as well as our standard scheduled training courses.

  The Board Director Certificate Course can be delivered as an in-house Director Development Programme at your premises. Even with small groups, the fees per person can be lower than for open in-person events. Especially once the travel costs and the travel time of the delegates are taken into account.

  This approach is favoured by many of our clients, as it combines a high quality service with excellent value for money and a highly effective route for senior executive development.

  Please click here information about In-House Courses for Director Training and Development

  Running training workshops internally is very convenient for many of our clients. It allows the participants to explore how the key issues and techniques will impact specifically on them and their organisation. Thus allowing them to begin to agree upon development action plans and to assign priorities.

  To ensure that the executives attending this training course will get the maximum possible benefit from their time and the discussions will be at their most effective; the delegate numbers are normally limited to a maximum of 8. However, for internal single company courses, if requested to do so, we would be prepared to accommodate more attendees.

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• Certificates of Professional Development

  Formal Certificates of Professional Development will be issued to delegates for each of the separate component courses, which will validate your CPD hours. The component courses are all recognised as separate qualifications in their own right.

  The Board Director Certificate Course is recognised for CPD purposes by most professional institutes and associations including the Institute of Leadership and Management, the Institute of Directors, the Law Society, the CIM, the CMI, the ICAEW, the Institute of Learning and the CIPD. Upon completion of the Board Director Certificate Course, you will be issued with the professional Board Director Certificate.

  To ensure the director attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will obtain the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the Director numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

  Chartered Management Institute Recognised Training Centre for Director Training Courses.

  We are a Chartered Management Institute Recognised Training Centre for Director Courses.

  We are an Institute of Leadership and Management recognised Training Centre

  We are accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management as an approved training centre for Leadership and Management courses.  The logo of the Institute of Leadership and Management along with that of Excellence in Learning will be on the certificates.

  These certificates will enable participants to evidence the update of their CPD records. The workshop will consider how to best apply the knowledge gained by the delegates upon their return to the workplace. This element of the programme is designed to maximise the benefits of attending the course.

  Please Click Here to explore running this as an In-House Course